Connecticut General Statutes
Title 31 - Labor

Section 31-2c. - Employer reporting of new employees. Transfer of information between Department of Social Services and Labor Department. Notification of employer. Reimbursement to Labor Department. - Section 31-2c is repealed, effective October 1, 1998. (May Sp....

Section 31-2d. - Office of Workforce Competitiveness. Orders. Regulations. - Section 31-2d is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 11-48,...

Section 31-2e. - Establishment of Office of the Unemployed Workers' Advocate. Powers. Designation of Unemployed Workers' Advocate. - (a) The Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, establish the...

Section 31-3. - Investigation of employment. Special agents authorized. - The Labor Commissioner is authorized to investigate the wages, hours...

Section 31-3a. - Manpower development and planning studies and programs. - Section 31-3a is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (February, 1965,...

Section 31-3aa. - Report re self-employment assistance pilot program. - Section 31-3aa is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 94-116,...

Section 31-3b. - Contracts with or funds from public or private agency or source. - (a) The Labor Commissioner may contract with any public or...

Section 31-3bb. - Program report cards re employment placement. - Section 31-3bb is repealed, effective June 18, 2013. (P.A. 97-263,...

Section 31-3c. - Job training program for specific employers. - Section 31-3c is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 77-370,...

Section 31-3cc. - Collection and analysis of data re gender and other bias in training programs. - The Governor's Workforce Council, in cooperation with the Commission on...

Section 31-3d. - Work training opportunities programs. - (a) The Labor Commissioner shall develop and implement work training...

Section 31-3dd. - Recommendation re budget targets. - Section 31-3dd is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 97-263,...

Section 31-3e. - Basic education programs for Work Incentive Program registrants. Requirements. Report. - Section 31-3e is repealed. (P.A. 81-414, S. 1, 2, 5;...

Section 31-3ee. - Pilot program for TFA recipients. Report on pilot program for TFA recipients. - Section 31-3ee is repealed, effective June 6, 2016. (P.A. 98-169,...

Section 31-3f. - Employment training benefits voucher. - The Labor Commissioner shall create an employment training benefits voucher....

Section 31-3ff. - Job Training Partnership Act payments. - Section 31-3ff is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 00-192,...

Section 31-3g. - Assistance to displaced homemakers. Regulations. - Section 31-3g is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 83-371,...

Section 31-3gg. - One-stop centers. - (a) In addition to the required partners identified in Section...

Section 31-3h. - Governor's Workforce Council; duties. - (a) There is created, within the Office of Workforce Strategy,...

Section 31-3hh. - Regional workforce development board contracts. Regulations. - Section 31-3hh is repealed, effective June 6, 2016. (P.A. 01-156,...

Section 31-3i. - Governor's Workforce Council: Members. - (a) Pursuant to Section 101 of the federal Workforce Innovation...

Section 31-3ii. - Adult education pilot program for incumbent workers. Report. - Section 31-3ii is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 03-102,...

Section 31-3j. - Regional workforce development boards: Definitions. - As used in sections 31-3j to 31-3r, inclusive: (1) “Board”...

Section 31-3jj. - Job training; English as a second language instruction. - Each state agency providing or assisting in the provision of...

Section 31-3k. - Regional workforce development boards: Duties and responsibilities. - (a) There is established within the Labor Department a regional...

Section 31-3kk. - Funds for incumbent worker training programs. - Section 31-3kk is repealed, effective June 18, 2013. (P.A. 06-83,...

Section 31-3l. - Regional workforce development boards: Members. - The members of a board shall be appointed by the...

Section 31-3ll. - Incumbent Worker Training Program. Regulations. - (a) The Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, establish and...

Section 31-3m. - Agencies involved in employment and training. Duties and responsibilities. - Not later than July 1, 1992, the Governor shall designate...

Section 31-3mm. - Youth employment and training funds. - (a) The Labor Department, within available appropriations, shall establish a...

Section 31-3n. - Regulations. Duties of Labor Commissioner and Chief Workforce Officer. - (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Workforce Officer...

Section 31-3nn. - Mortgage crisis job training program. - (a) The WorkPlace, Inc., in conjunction with the other regional...

Section 31-3o. - Duties of the Governor's Workforce Council. - The Governor's Workforce Council shall ensure that the membership of...

Section 31-3oo. - Connecticut Employment and Training Commission solicitation and publication of information re promotion of green technology industry. - Section 31-3oo is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 10-156,...

Section 31-3p and 31-3q. - Grant proposal or plan inconsistent with annual regional plan of regional work force development board; procedures. State employment and training programs. - Sections 31-3p and 31-3q are repealed, effective July 1, 2021....

Section 31-3pp. - Subsidized Training and Employment program. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Department” means the...

Section 31-3r. - Construal or administration not to conflict with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or supersede statutory duties. - Nothing in sections 31-3j to 31-3r, inclusive, shall be construed...

Section 31-3rr. - Career ladder in green technology industry. - (a) As used in this section and section 10a-55g: (1)...

Section 31-3s. - Subsidized employment program for general assistance recipients. - Section 31-3s is repealed, effective July 1, 1995. (May Sp....

Section 31-3t. - Job training and retraining programs for unemployed persons who owe overdue child support. - Within available resources, the Labor Commissioner shall establish a job...

Section 31-3u. - Assistance to employers for job training and meeting ISO 9000 quality standards. - Section 31-3u is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 93-394,...

Section 31-3uu. - Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Department” means the...

Section 31-3v. - Priority for financial assistance applicants who have established a work environment consistent with criteria in Sec. 32-475. - The Labor Commissioner shall give priority to applicants who have...

Section 31-3vv. - Bond authorization for Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program. - (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this...

Section 31-3w. - Establishment of state-wide network of job centers. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Labor...

Section 31-3ww. - Qualified apprenticeship training program. - (a) For purposes of this section, “qualified apprenticeship training program”...

Section 31-3x. - Funding. Application for federal waivers. - The Labor Department, for the purpose of funding the program...

Section 31-3xx. - Quick-reference guide for workers fifty years of age or older. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2015, the Labor Department...

Section 31-3y and 31-3z. - Self-employment assistance: Definitions. Regulations. - Sections 31-3y and 31-3z are repealed, effective May 23, 2022....

Section 31-3yy. - Report cards re employment placement programs. - Section 31-3yy is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 14-42,...

Section 31-3zz. - Special Operations Resource Network for veterans and members of armed forces or National Guard. - The Labor Commissioner shall establish a Special Operations Resource Network...

Section 31-4. - Immigrant laborers; protection; penalty for defrauding; printed material re rights. - (a) The commissioner may appoint, as special agents, competent persons,...

Section 31-5. - State employment bureaus. Branches. - Section 31-5 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3779; P.A. 75-97;...

Section 31-6. - Federal aid for public employment offices. Notification of state job openings or examinations to the Connecticut Employment Service. - (a) The state of Connecticut accepts the benefits of an...

Section 31-7. - Notices. - The orders and notices given by the Labor Commissioner under...

Section 31-8. - Appeal from orders of commissioner. - Except as provided in subsections (a) and (c) of section...

Section 31-9. - Factory inspection. Deputy commissioner. Report. - Section 31-9 is repealed, effective May 23, 2022. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 31-10. - Deputy inspectors. Prosecution for violations. - To assist him in the performance of his duties, the...

Section 31-11. - Hindering inspector. - Any owner, lessee or occupant of a factory or other...

Section 31-11a. - Employee Dislocation Allowance Fund established. - Section 31-11a is repealed, provided the payment of any claim...

Chapter 556a - Workforce Development

Section 31-11aa. - Information technology workforce development plan. - Section 31-11aa is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 00-187,...

Section 31-11bb to 31-11ee. - Adult Literacy Leadership Board: Definitions. Members. Duties and responsibilities; report and report card. Strategic plan. - Sections 31-11bb to 31-11ee, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...

Section 31-11ff to 31-11jj. - State-wide plan for implementing, expanding or improving upon career certificate programs, middle college programs, early college high school programs and Connecticut Early College Opportunity programs. Workforce Innovat... - Sections 31-11ff to 31-11jj, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...

Section 31-11kk. - Working group to review business support services. Representatives. - On or before October 1, 2017, the Labor Commissioner may...

Section 31-11l. - Definitions. - As used in this section, sections 31-3h, 31-3i, 31-3k and...

Section 31-11ll. - Development and implementation of universal intake form. Reporting use of form. - Section 31-11ll is repealed, effective May 23, 2022. (P.A. 17-207,...

Section 31-11m. - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds. - (a) All funds received by the state of Connecticut under...

Section 31-11mm. - Requests for proposals for development and implementation of soft skills program. - (a) For purposes of this section, “soft skills” means character...

Section 31-11n. - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds allocated to regional workforce development boards. Limitations. - (a) Funds allocated to each regional workforce development board under...

Section 31-11o. - Governor's Workforce Council to act as state-wide workforce development board. - The Governor's Workforce Council established under section 31-3h is hereby...

Section 31-11p. - Development of workforce development plan. Required contents. - (a) The Governor's Workforce Council, with the assistance of the...

Section 31-11q and 31-11r. - Submission of comprehensive state performance measures developed by Connecticut Employment and Training Commission to General Assembly. Submission of workforce development plan to Governor, prior General Assembly approval... - Sections 31-11q and 31-11r are repealed, effective July 1, 2021....

Section 31-11rr. - Apprenticeship Connecticut initiative. - (a) There is established the Apprenticeship Connecticut initiative to develop...

Section 31-11s. - Governor's Workforce Council recommendations re appropriation of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds. - (a) Not later than October 1, 2021, and annually thereafter,...

Section 31-11ss. - Military to Machinists program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Advanced manufacturing” means...

Section 31-11t. - Criteria for evaluation of funded programs: Connecticut Employment and Training Commission responsibilities. - Section 31-11t is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 99-195,...

Section 31-11tt. - Veterans Platform to Employment Program. - (a) Not later than October 1, 2019, the workforce development...

Section 31-11u. - Continuation of other education, employment or job training programs or contracts. - Any education, employment or job training program or contract in...

Section 31-11uu. - Distribution to employers of written materials concerning mental health conditions common to veterans. - Not later than October 1, 2019, the workforce development board...

Section 31-11x. - Comprehensive job training and related services, grants for. Definitions. Regulations. - Section 31-11x is repealed, effective June 6, 2016. (June Sp....

Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation

Section 31-12. - Hours of labor of minors in manufacturing or mechanical establishments. - (a) No person under the age of eighteen years who...

Section 31-13. - Hours of labor of minors in mercantile establishments. - (a) No person under the age of eighteen years who...

Section 31-13a. - Employer to furnish record of hours worked, wages earned and deductions. Employer to provide means to access and print electronically held records. - (a) With each wage payment each employer shall furnish to...

Section 31-13b. - Visible clock required as part of time card system. - On and after January 1, 1977, no employer, private, municipal...

Section 31-14. - Night work of minors regulated. - (a) No person under eighteen years of age shall be...

Section 31-15. - Penalty. - (a) Any parent or guardian who permits any minor to...

Section 31-15a. - Criminal penalty. - Any employer, officer, agent or other person who violates any...

Section 31-16. - Night work in messenger service. - No person under the age of eighteen years shall be...

Section 31-17. - Hours of labor of minors and women in bowling alleys, shoe-shining establishments, billiard and pool rooms. - Section 31-17 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7348; 1963, P.A....

Section 31-18. - Hours of labor of minors in certain other establishments. - (a) No public restaurant, cafe, dining room, barber shop, hairdressing...

Section 31-19 and 31-20. - Employment of women between one a.m. and six a.m. Hours of women entertainers. - Sections 31-19 and 31-20 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7350,...

Section 31-21. - Legal day's work. - Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 51-247a,...

Section 31-22. - Labor Commissioner's duties of enforcement and reports. - Section 31-22 is repealed, effective June 18, 2013. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 31-22m. (Formerly Sec. 31-51a). - Apprenticeship. Definitions. - When used in sections 31-22m to 31-22q, inclusive, and 31-22u,...

Section 31-22n. (Formerly Sec. 31-51b). - Apprenticeship council. - The Governor shall appoint thirteen members to the Connecticut State...

Section 31-22o. (Formerly Sec. 31-51c). - Powers and duties of council. - The council may recommend minimum standards of apprenticeship and for...

Section 31-22p. (Formerly Sec. 31-51d). - Labor Commissioner's powers and duties. - The Labor Commissioner, with the advice and guidance of the...

Section 31-22q. (Formerly Sec. 31-51e). - Program of apprentice training. Informational campaign. - (a) To assist in the administration of sections 31-22m to...

Section 31-22r. - Apprenticeship registration; apprentices, sponsors. - (a)(1) Each person who registered as an apprentice with the...

Section 31-22s. - Report re feasibility of on-line apprenticeship registration system. - Section 31-22s is repealed, effective July 7, 2021. (P.A. 03-207,...

Section 31-22t. (Formerly Sec. 31-51j). - Preclusion of apprentice training programs prohibited. - All collective bargaining clauses which, in the judgment of the...

Section 31-22u. - Military training evaluation. - Any member of the armed forces or National Guard or...

Section 31-22v. - Office of apprenticeship training. Internet web site. - (a) Not later than March 1, 2017, the Labor Department...

Section 31-23. - Employment of minors prohibited in certain occupations. Exceptions. - (a) No minor under sixteen years of age shall be...

Section 31-23a. - Minors employed on or after October 1, 2007, deemed to have been lawfully employed. - Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section...

Section 31-24. - Hazardous employment of children forbidden. - Except in technical education and career schools or in public...

Section 31-25. - Operation of elevators by minors. - No person under sixteen years of age shall be employed...

Section 31-26 and 31-27. - Employment of women before and after confinement. Seats to be provided for female employees. - Sections 31-26 and 31-27 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7357,...

Section 31-28. - Registration of manufacturing and mechanical establishments. - Section 31-28 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 31-29. - Manufacturing license for residential buildings. - No person, except a member of the immediate family residing...

Section 31-30. - Home workers. - Any person, other than a member of the immediate family...

Section 31-31. - Records of home workers and materials. - Manufacturing and mechanical establishments may furnish materials to be manufactured...

Section 31-32. - Penalty. - Any person who, or firm, partnership or corporation which, violates...

Section 31-33. - Regulation of industrial home work. - Section 31-33 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 31-34. - Stained glass windows. - Section 31-34 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 31-35. - Lighting and sanitary condition of factories and roundhouses. - Section 31-35 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3751; P.A. 73-379,...

Section 31-36. - Toilet room required in foundries. Penalty. - The commissioner shall have authority by order to that effect...

Section 31-37. - Toilet accommodations in manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments and restaurants. - Section 31-37 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3753; February, 1965,...

Section 31-38. - Toilet accommodations on tobacco plantations. - Any person, firm or corporation employing twenty-five or more laborers...

Section 31-38a and 31-38b. - Sanitary, lighting and heating facilities for railroad employees. Commissioner to enforce. - Sections 31-38a and 31-38b are repealed, effective June 11, 2014....

Section 31-39. - Employees in paper factory to be vaccinated. - Section 31-39 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7358; P.A. 87-134.)

Section 31-39a. - Operation of hydraulic loading and unloading equipment at resources recovery facilities. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 31-40. - Reporting serious accidents in establishments or work places under jurisdiction of Labor Commissioner. - Except as otherwise provided by law, the person in active...

Section 31-40aa. - Rehiring laid-off employees. Notice of available positions required. Offers of employment. Retaliatory personnel action prohibited. Private right of action. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Building services enterprise”...

Section 31-40a and 31-40b. (Formerly Sec. 19-48). - Reports of occupational diseases and investigations concerning them. Employers required to provide lung function test to certain employees. - Sections 31-40a and 41-40b are repealed, effective May 23, 2022....

Section 31-40bb. - Access to public employee orientations and information by exclusive bargaining representative. Right to use electronic mail system, buildings and other facilities. Payroll deductions. Dispute proceedings. Prohibited practices. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a public...

Section 31-40c. - Information and notice requirements for employers using or producing carcinogens. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means one...

Section 31-40d. - Complaints of violations. Inspections. Discrimination prohibited. - (a) Any employee or representative of employees who believes that...

Section 31-40e. - Order to comply. Citation. Hearing. Appeal. - (a) If, upon inspection or investigation of a complaint, the...

Section 31-40f. - Penalties. Duties of Labor Commissioner. Private right of action. - (a) Any employer who has received a citation for a...

Section 31-40g. - Information requirements for employers using or producing substances hazardous to reproductive systems. - Upon offering employment to a prospective employee, each employer shall...

Section 31-40h. - Sterilization as condition of employment prohibited. - No employer, including the state or any political subdivision thereof,...

Section 31-40i. - Enforcement. Private right of action. - If an employer has violated any of the provisions of...

Section 31-40j. - Definitions. - As used in sections 31-40j to 31-40p, inclusive: (1) “Person”...

Section 31-40k. - Employee's right to information concerning toxic substances. Employer's list. - (a) Each employer shall post a sign, at a location...

Section 31-40l. - Information requirements for employer using or producing toxic substances. - (a) Each employer shall provide information on the toxic substances...

Section 31-40m. - Information requirements of supplier of toxic substances. Labor Department assistance. - (a) Any person who supplies any toxic substance to an...

Section 31-40n. - Trade secret protections. Registration with Labor Commissioner. - When an employer or an employer's supplier claims that revealing...

Section 31-40o. - Discrimination prohibited. Waiver of rights void. - (a) No employer shall discharge, or cause to be discharged,...

Section 31-40p. - Severability. - If any section, clause or provision of sections 31-40j to...

Section 31-40q. - Prohibition on smoking and use of electronic nicotine and cannabis delivery systems and vapor products in the workplace. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means one...

Section 31-40r. - Regulations establishing guidelines for exemptions from nonsmoking area requirements. - Section 31-40r is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (P.A. 87-149,...

Section 31-40s. - Smoking or use of tobacco products outside of the workplace. - (a) No employer or agent of any employer shall require,...

Section 31-40t. - Employee's right to act in case of hazardous conditions. Complaints to and investigations by Labor Commissioner. Hearings. Regulations. - Section 31-40t is repealed, effective June 6, 2016. (P.A. 91-33;...

Section 31-40u. - Regulations establishing guidelines for use of video display terminals in state facilities. - Section 31-40u is repealed, effective May 23, 2022. (P.A. 93-228,...

Section 31-40v. - Establishment of safety and health committees by certain employers. - (a) In order to promote health and safety in places...

Section 31-40w. - Breastfeeding in the workplace. - (a) Any employee may, at her discretion, express breast milk...

Section 31-40x. - Employer inquiries re employee's or applicant's personal online accounts. Exceptions. Enforcement. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Applicant” means any...

Section 31-40y. - Employer harassment of and discrimination against interns prohibited. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Employee” means any...

Section 31-40z. - Penalizing employees for discussion or disclosure of wage information prohibited. Enforcement. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employer” means any...

Section 31-41. - Order to remove excessive dust. - Section 31-41 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3755; P.A. 73-379,...

Section 31-42. - Appliances for threading shuttles. - Each person, firm or corporation engaged in weaving shall furnish...

Section 31-43. - Public laundries; sanitation. - Section 31-43 is repealed, effective October 1, 2018. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 31-44. - Penalty for violation of orders. - Each owner, lessee or occupant of a factory or other...

Section 31-45. - Emergency kits required in factories. - Section 31-45 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7369; P.A. 73-379,...

Section 31-45a. - Protection of feet. - The Labor Commissioner may promulgate and enforce regulations concerning adequate...

Section 31-46 and 31-46a. - Safety regulations for workmen in building operations. Regulations for safe working conditions where no other provision; industrial safety committee. - Sections 31-46 and 31-46a are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7359;...

Section 31-47. - Inspection of employee lodging houses. - Any agent of a firm or corporation and every other...

Section 31-48. - Laborers not to be overcharged. - Any agent of a corporation, or other person employing laborers,...

Section 31-48a. - Recruitment or referral of professional strikebreaker restricted. - (a) As used in this section, “professional strikebreaker” means any...

Section 31-48b. - Use of electronic surveillance devices by employers limited. Prohibition on recording negotiations between employers and employees. - (a) For purposes of this section, “employer” means the owner...

Section 31-48c. - Hiring of municipal police during labor dispute prohibited. - No employer, except the state or any political subdivision thereof,...

Section 31-48d. - Employers engaged in electronic monitoring required to give prior notice to employees. Exceptions. Civil penalty. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employer” means any...

Section 31-49. - Care required of a master for his servant's safety. - It shall be the duty of the master to exercise...

Section 31-49e. - Paid family and medical leave. Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 31-49f to 30-49t,...

Section 31-49f. - Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority established. - (a) There is established a Paid Family and Medical Leave...

Section 31-49g. - Establishment and administration of Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. Employee contributions. Authority duties. Payments. Compensation. Spouses. Concurrent compensation. Reimbursement to General Fund. - (a) The Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority shall...

Section 31-49h. - Implementation of Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. Written procedures. Paid Family and Medical Leave Authority. Board of directors. Requests for proposals. - (a) The board, on behalf of the authority, and for...

Section 31-49i. - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund established. - (a) There is established a fund to be known as...

Section 31-49j. - Duties of State Treasurer. - The State Treasurer, on behalf of the Family and Medical...

Section 31-49k. - State Treasurer. Investments. - The State Treasurer shall invest the amounts on deposit in...

Section 31-49l. - Board of directors. Responsibilities. - (a) The Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority board...

Section 31-49m. - Enrollment in program by self-employed individual or sole proprietor. Withdrawal from program. - (a) A self-employed individual or sole proprietor, upon application to...

Section 31-49n. - Public education campaign. Web site, web-based form, application or digital service. - (a) The authority shall conduct a public education campaign to...

Section 31-49o. - Private plans. Approval of. Conditions. - (a)(1) Employers may apply to the authority for approval to...

Section 31-49p. - Covered employees. Denial of compensation. Penalty. Appeals filed with Labor Commissioner. Court appeals. - (a) Any covered employee aggrieved by a denial of compensation...

Section 31-49q. - Written notice required of employer. - Each employer shall, at the time of hiring, and annually...

Section 31-49r. - Disqualification from program. Repayment of benefits. Wilful misrepresentation. Financial penalties. Health care providers. Medical certifications. - (a) Any individual participating in the program who wilfully makes...

Section 31-49s. - Employer providing more expansive benefits. - Nothing in sections 31-49e to 31-49t, inclusive, 31-51kk to 31-51qq,...

Section 31-49t. - Authority's annual report. - Not later than July 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the...

Section 31-50. - Enforcement. - The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of part I of...

Section 31-50a. - Noncompete agreements: Security guards. - (a) No employer may require any person employed in the...

Section 31-50b. - Noncompete agreements: Broadcast employees. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Associated broadcast entities”...

Section 31-51. - Blacklisting. - Any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation,...

Section 31-51aa. - Drug testing: Effect of collective bargaining agreement. - No provision of any collective bargaining agreement may contravene or...

Section 31-51bb. - Right of employee to pursue cause of action. - No employee shall be denied the right to pursue, in...

Section 31-51cc to 31-51gg. - Family and medical leave: Definitions, length of leave, eligibility. Prohibition of discrimination. Regulations, report. Phase-in provisions. Report on establishment of state-wide job bank. - Sections 31-51cc to 31-51gg, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1,...

Section 31-51f. - Participation in Manpower Development and Training Act. - The Labor Department and the Department of Education are authorized...

Section 31-51g. - Use of polygraph prohibited. Penalty. Exceptions. - (a) For the purposes of this section “polygraph” means any...

Section 31-51h. - Employer not to cancel insurance coverage or cease making contributions to welfare fund of employee eligible to receive or receiving workers' compensation or sick leave payments. Employer accident report. Complaint. Hearing. Appeal. - Section 31-51h is repealed. (1967, P.A. 782; P.A. 76-420, S....

Section 31-51hh. - Reimbursement by employee of any loss or shortage resulting from wrongdoing by a customer. - No employer may request or require reimbursement from an employee...

Section 31-51i. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Employer inquiries about erased criminal record prohibited. Discrimination on basis of erased criminal record, provisional pardon or certificate of rehabilitation prohibi... - (a) For the purposes of this section, “employer” means any...

Section 31-51ii. - Meal periods. Exemptions. Regulations. - (a) No person shall be required to work for seven...

Section 31-51jj. - Notice to employees of incoming emergency telephone calls. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Emergency” means a...

Section 31-51k. - Employment of alien not entitled to residence. - Section 31-51k is repealed, effective June 11, 2014. (1972, P.A....

Section 31-51kk. - Family and medical leave: Definitions. - As used in sections 31-51kk to 31-51qq, inclusive: (1) “Eligible...

Section 31-51l. - Leave of absence for certain public and private employees elected to public office. - Any person employed by a private employer which employs more...

Section 31-51ll. - Family and medical leave: Length of leave; eligibility; intermittent or reduced leave schedules; substitution of accrued paid leave; notice to employer. - (a)(1) Subject to section 31-51mm, an eligible employee shall be...

Section 31-51m. - Protection of employee who discloses employer's illegal activities or unethical practices or reports a suspected incident of child abuse or neglect. Civil action. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means one...

Section 31-51mm. - Family and medical leave: Certification. - (a) An employer may require that request for leave based...

Section 31-51n. - Definitions. - When used in this section and section 31-51o: (1) “Covered...

Section 31-51nn. - Family and medical leave: Employment and benefits protection. - (a) Any eligible employee who takes leave under section 31-51ll...

Section 31-51o. - Continuation of group health insurance for employees affected by relocation or closing of covered establishment. Exceptions. - (a) Whenever a relocation or closing of a covered establishment...

Section 31-51oo. - Family and medical leave: Confidentiality of medical records and documents. - Records and documents relating to medical certifications, recertifications or medical...

Section 31-51p. - Membership in health care center as part of health benefits plan. - (a) All employers subject to the provisions of chapter 567...

Section 31-51pp. - Family and medical leave: Prohibited acts, complaints, rights and remedies. - (a)(1) It shall be a violation of sections 5-248a and...

Section 31-51q. - Liability of employer for discipline or discharge of employee on account of employee's exercise of certain constitutional rights or employee's refusal to attend employer-sponsored meeting or listen to speech relating to employer's o... - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Political matters” means...

Section 31-51qq. - Family and medical leave: Regulations. - Not later than January 1, 2022, the Labor Commissioner shall...

Section 31-51r. - Execution of employment promissory note prohibited. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employer” means any...

Section 31-51rr. - Family and medical leave benefits for employees of political subdivisions. - (a) Each political subdivision of the state shall grant any...

Section 31-51s. - Notice to retired employees of sale of employer's business and effect on retirement benefits. - At least thirty days prior to the intended date of...

Section 31-51ss. - Leave from employment for victims of family violence. Action for damages and reinstatement. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Employer” means...

Section 31-51t. - Drug testing: Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 31-51t to 31-51aa, inclusive: (1)...

Section 31-51tt. - Employer inquiries about an employee's or prospective employee's credit. Exceptions. Enforcement. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employee” means any...

Section 31-51u. - Drug testing: Requirements. - (a) No employer may determine an employee's eligibility for promotion,...

Section 31-51uu. - Optional exclusion of employee health insurance premiums from gross income. - Any employer that provides health insurance benefits to its employees...

Section 31-51v. - Drug testing: Prospective employees. - No employer may require a prospective employee to submit to...

Section 31-51vv. - Employment of person coerced to engage in such employment prohibited. - (a) No employer shall employ any person knowing that such...

Section 31-51w. - Drug testing: Observation prohibited. Privacy of results. - (a) No employer or employer representative, agent or designee engaged...

Section 31-51x. - Drug testing: Reasonable suspicion required. Random tests. - (a) No employer may require an employee to submit to...

Section 31-51y. - Drug testing: Medical screenings, regulation of employees and testing of gaming participants permitted. - (a) Nothing in sections 31-51t to 31-51aa, inclusive, shall prevent...

Section 31-51z. - Drug testing: Enforcement. Damages. - (a) Any aggrieved person may enforce the provisions of sections...

Section 31-51aaa. - Individual Development Account Reserve Fund: Use and administration. - (a) Funds from the Individual Development Account Reserve Fund shall...

Section 31-51bbb. - Account funds excluded in determination of eligibility for or benefit level of certain programs. - Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, funds deposited...

Section 31-51ccc. - Program evaluation. Report. - The department shall evaluate the Connecticut IDA Initiative for each...

Section 31-51ddd. - Regulations. - (a) The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the State Treasurer...

Section 31-51eee. - Receipt of funds authorized. - Nothing in sections 31-51ww to 31-51ddd, inclusive, shall preclude a...

Section 31-51fff. - Restrictions on funding expenditures to apply. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 31-51ww to 31-51eee, inclusive, any...

Section 31-51ww. - Individual development account programs: Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 31-51xx to 31-51eee,...

Section 31-51xx. - Connecticut IDA Initiative established. Implementation. - (a) There is established the “Connecticut IDA Initiative”. The initiative...

Section 31-51yy. - Eligibility. Duties of community-based organizations and financial institutions. - (a) An individual who has earned income, and who is...

Section 31-51zz. - Individual Development Account Reserve Fund: Funds deposited in. - All amounts appropriated by the state for the Connecticut IDA...

Section 31-52. - Preference to state citizens in construction of public buildings. Enforcement of violations. - (a) In the employment of mechanics, laborers and workmen in...

Section 31-52a. - Residents' preference in work on other public facilities. - (a) In the employment of mechanics, laborers or workmen in...

Section 31-52b. - Exceptions. - The provisions of sections 31-52 and 31-52a shall not apply...

Section 31-53. - Construction, alteration or repair of public works project by state or political subdivision; wage rates; certified payroll. Penalties. Civil action. Exceptions. - (a) Each contract for the construction, remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation,...

Section 31-53a. - Distribution of accrued payments. Debarment list. Limitation on awarding contracts. Sworn affidavits required of subcontractors. Civil penalty. Right of action. - (a) The State Comptroller or the contracting authority acting pursuant...

Section 31-53b. - Worker training requirements for public works projects. Enforcement. Regulations. Exceptions. - (a) Each contract for a public works project entered into...

Section 31-53c. - Construction projects funded by the Department of Economic and Community Development; wage rates. Penalties. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Business organization” means...

Section 31-53d. - Renewable energy projects. Community benefits agreement. Workforce development program. Contractor sworn certification. Wages. Penalties. Exceptions. - (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise...

Section 31-54. - Rate of wages for work on state highways. - The Labor Commissioner shall determine the prevailing rate of wages...

Section 31-55. - Posting of wage rates by contractors doing state work. - Every contractor or subcontractor performing work for the state subject...

Section 31-55a. - Annual adjustments to wage rates by contractors doing state work. - Each contractor that is awarded a contract on or after...

Section 31-56. - Hours of labor on state bridges. - Section 31-56 is repealed, effective October 1, 2008. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 31-56a. - Definitions. - For the purposes of this section and sections 31-56b and...

Section 31-56b. - Project labor agreements for public works projects. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute, regulation or...

Section 31-56c. - Use of project labor agreement re public school design-build contract. - Prior to a public entity entering into a design-build contract...

Section 31-56d. - Severability. - The provisions of sections 31-56b and 31-56c are severable and...

Section 31-57. - Hours of labor on construction, alteration or repair of public works project. - Each contract entered into by the Commissioner of Administrative Services...

Section 31-57a. - Awarding of contracts to National Labor Relations Act violators prohibited. - Section 31-57a is repealed, effective June 18, 2013. (P.A. 79-390,...

Section 31-57b. - Awarding of contracts to occupational safety and health law violators prohibited. - No contract shall be awarded by the state or any...

Section 31-57c. - Disqualification of certain contractors from bidding on, applying for or participating in state public works contracts: Disqualification by Commissioner of Administrative Services; procedure; causes. Exception. - (a) As used in this section, “contractor” means any person,...

Section 31-57d. - Disqualification of certain contractors from bidding on, applying for or participating in public works contracts with the state: Disqualification by Commissioner of Transportation; procedure; causes. Exception permitting disqualifie... - (a) As used in this section, “contractor” means any person,...

Section 31-57e. - Contracts between the state and federally recognized Indian tribes. Employment Rights Code; protection of persons employed by a tribe. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commercial enterprise” means...

Section 31-57f. - Standard wage rate for certain service workers. Definitions. Standard rate required. Civil penalty. Complaints. Determination of standard rate by Labor Commissioner. Effect on employers bound by collective bargaining agreements. Rec... - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Required employer” means...

Section 31-57g. - Employment protection for displaced service contract workers at Bradley International Airport. Definitions. Obligations of awarding authority and contractors upon termination of service contract; ninety-day retention requirement; re... - (a)(1) “Awarding authority” means any person, including a contractor or...

Section 31-57h. - Joint enforcement commission on employee misclassification. Members. Duties. Report. - (a) There is established a joint enforcement commission on employee...

Section 31-57i. - Employee Misclassification Advisory Board. Members. Duties. - There is established the Employee Misclassification Advisory Board to advise...

Section 31-57aa. - Relocation of call center to foreign country. Notice to commissioner. Penalty. Annual list. Ineligibility for state financial support. State contracts. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Call center” means...

Section 31-57r. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 31-57s to 31-57w,...

Section 31-57s. - Employer requirement to provide sick leave to service workers. Use of leave. Employer compliance. Rate of pay during leave. - (a) Each employer shall provide paid sick leave annually to...

Section 31-57t. - Permitted uses for sick leave. - (a) An employer shall permit a service worker to use...

Section 31-57u. - Additional leave. Donation of unused leave. Breaks in service. - (a) Nothing in sections 31-57s to 31-57w, inclusive, shall be...

Section 31-57v. - Retaliatory personnel action prohibited. Filing of complaint with Labor Commissioner. Hearing. Penalties. - (a) No employer shall take retaliatory personnel action or discriminate...

Section 31-57w. - Notice to service workers of sick leave requirements. Regulations. - Each employer subject to the provisions of section 31-57s shall,...

Section 31-57x. - Paid family and medical leave program. Implementation plan. Report. - (a) The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the State Treasurer,...

Section 31-57y. - Unpaid time off for purposes of voting at an election. - From June 23, 2021, to June 30, 2024, each employer...

Section 31-57z. - Education assistance programs. Notice to employees. - (a) Not later than December 1, 2021, and annually thereafter...

Chapter 558 - Wages

Section 31-58. - Definitions. - As used in this part: (a) “Commissioner” means the Labor...

Section 31-58a. - Minimum wage for minors in government or agricultural employment. - Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (i) of section 31-58, minors...

Section 31-59. - Investigation. - The commissioner or any authorized representative of the commissioner shall...

Section 31-60. - Payment of less than minimum or overtime wage. Regulations. - (a) Except as provided in subdivision (5) of subsection (i)...

Section 31-61 and 31-62. - Wage board. Report and regulations. - Sections 31-61 and 31-62 are repealed, effective June 18, 2013....

Section 31-63. - Orders and appeal. - Section 31-63 is repealed, effective June 23, 2015. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 31-64 and 31-65. - Reconsideration of wage rates. Modification of orders. - Sections 31-64 and 31-65 are repealed, effective June 18, 2013....

Section 31-66. - Employers' records. Orders to be posted. - Each employer subject to the provisions of this part, unless...

Section 31-67. - Exception for person with impaired capacity. - The commissioner may cause to be issued, to any person...

Section 31-68. - Collection of minimum or overtime wage. Class action certifications. Collection of wages for employee whose whereabouts are unknown. - (a)(1) If any employee is paid by his or her...

Section 31-68a. - Enforcement of chapter. - The Labor Commissioner may act as agent for or in...

Section 31-68b. - Reciprocal agreements. - (a) In the performance of his duties under part III...

Section 31-69. - Penalty. - (a) Any employer or his agent, or the officer or...

Section 31-69a. - Additional penalty. - (a) In addition to the penalties provided in this chapter...

Section 31-69b. - Discharge, discipline, penalty or discrimination prohibited. Right of action. - (a) An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize or in...

Section 31-70. - Withholding wages. - Any person who or corporation which withholds any part of...

Section 31-71. - Weekly payment of wages; how paid when employment ends. - Section 31-71 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7361, 7362; 1951,...

Section 31-71a. - Payment of wages: Definitions. - As used in sections 31-71a to 31-71i, inclusive, and section...

Section 31-71b. - Payment of wages. Electronic direct deposit of wages for state employees. Exemptions. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection,...

Section 31-71c. - Payment of wages on termination of employment. - (a) Whenever an employee voluntarily terminates his employment, the employer...

Section 31-71d. - Payment where wages disputed. - (a) In case of a dispute over the amount of...

Section 31-71e. - Withholding of part of wages. - No employer may withhold or divert any portion of an...

Section 31-71f. - Employer to furnish employee certain information. - (a) Each employer shall: (1) Advise his employees in writing,...

Section 31-71g. - Penalty. - Any employer or any officer or agent of an employer...

Section 31-71h. - Regulations. - The commissioner is authorized to issue regulations for the establishment...

Section 31-71i. - Waiver of payment schedule requirement. - The commissioner may, upon application, waive the provisions of section...

Section 31-71j. - Automatic enrollment retirement plans. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Automatic enrollment” means...

Section 31-71k. - Payment of wages by payroll cards. Study of payroll card usage. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Direct deposit” means...

Section 31-71l. - Domestic workers education and training grants program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Domestic worker” means...

Section 31-72. - Civil action to collect wage claim, fringe benefit claim or arbitration award. - When any employer fails to pay an employee wages in...

Section 31-73. - Refund of wages for furnishing employment. - (a) When used in this section, “refund of wages” means:...

Section 31-74. - Wages not to be scaled. - No employer of labor or any person acting for him...

Section 31-74a. - Computation and payment of vacation pay. - Whenever an employee is eligible to receive both vacation pay...

Section 31-75. - Discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex. Prohibited practices. Employer demonstration. - (a) No employer shall discriminate in the amount of compensation...

Section 31-76. - Discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex. Enforcement by commissioner. Civil action. When discrimination in compensation occurs. Limitation of action. - (a) The Labor Commissioner shall carry out the provisions of...

Section 31-76a. - Investigations on complaint of nonpayment of wages and certain misrepresentations re employees. Issuance of stop work order. - (a) On receipt of a complaint for nonpayment of wages...

Section 31-76b. - Overtime pay: Definitions. - As used in sections 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive: (1) The...

Section 31-76c. - Length of workweek. - No employer, except as otherwise provided herein, shall employ any...

Section 31-76d. - Workweek for certain establishments. - Section 31-76d is repealed. (1967, P.A. 493, S. 3; 1969,...

Section 31-76e. - Maximum workweek under contract or collective bargaining agreement. - No employer shall be deemed to have violated section 31-76c...

Section 31-76f. - Piece rates; two or more kinds of work. - No employer shall be deemed to have violated section 31-76c...

Section 31-76g. - Crediting of certain extra compensation. - Extra compensation paid as described in subparagraphs (E), (F) and...

Section 31-76h. - Hospital employees. - No employer engaged in the operation of a hospital shall...

Section 31-76i. - Exceptions. - The provisions of sections 31-76b to 31-76j, inclusive, shall not...

Section 31-76j. - Prior wage orders and regulations. - All wage orders and administrative regulations in effect on July...

Section 31-76k. - Payment of fringe benefits upon termination of employment. - If an employer policy or collective bargaining agreement provides for...

Section 31-76l. - Regulations. - The Labor Commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the...

Section 31-76m. - Remission of portion of fine or civil penalty to municipality. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, if the...

Section 31-76n. - Connecticut Low Wage Employer Advisory Board. Duties. Members. Report. - Section 31-76n is repealed, effective July 7, 2021. (June Sp....

Section 31-76o. - Civil action to collect past due payments to employee welfare fund. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “employee welfare fund”...

Chapter 559 - Labor Organizations

Section 31-77. - Annual reports. - As used in this section, “labor organization” means any organization...

Section 31-78 to 31-89. - Employee welfare funds, generally. Examination of affairs of fund, generally. Annual statements. Insurers to file schedules with commissioner. Waiver of provisions for out-of-state funds. Prohibition of compensation for plac... - Sections 31-78 to 31-89, inclusive, are repealed. (1957, P.A. 594,...

Section 31-89a. - Civil action to collect past due payments to funds. Penalty. - Section 31-89a is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1961, P.A....

Section 31-89b. - Allocation of electricians' union pension fund contributions. - (a) Whenever any contribution is made by an employer to...

Section 31-90. - Attempt to prevent laborers joining labor organizations. - Any person, and any agent or officer of any corporation,...

Section 31-90a. - Balloting in labor organization elections. - In any election held by a local labor organization for...

Chapter 560 - Board of Mediation and Arbitration

Section 31-91. - Membership of board; appointment; officers. - There shall be, in the Labor Department, a Board of...

Section 31-92. - Alternate members. - Whenever conditions warrant, the Labor Commissioner or the chairman of...

Section 31-92a. - Oaths for members. - (a) Each public member of the Board of Mediation and...

Section 31-93. - Panel or single member to arbitrate. Membership of panel. - In the performance of the duties of conciliation, mediation or...

Section 31-94. - Compensation of members and alternates. - Section 31-94 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7382; 1949, S....

Section 31-95. - Powers of board. Subpoena. - Said board, or any member thereof, may enter any establishment...

Section 31-96. - Appointment and testimonial privilege of mediators. Duties of Labor Commissioner. - The Labor Commissioner, with the advice and approval of said...

Section 31-97. - Submission of grievance or dispute; procedure. Claim of nonarbitrability of issue. - (a) Whenever a grievance or dispute arises between an employer...

Section 31-97a. - Failure to prosecute grievances or disputes. - Section 31-97a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 94-226,...

Section 31-98. - Oral or written decision. Reduction of oral decision to writing. Compensation of members. - (a) The panel, or its single member if sitting in...

Section 31-99. - Duty of board in case of a strike or lockout. - Whenever a strike or lockout occurs or is seriously threatened...

Section 31-100. - Annual report. Confidential information. - Said board shall, as provided in section 4-60, make a...

Chapter 561 - Labor Relations Act

Section 31-101. - Definitions. - When used in this chapter: (1) “Agent” means the representative...

Section 31-102. - State Board of Labor Relations. - (a) There shall continue to be in the Labor Department...

Section 31-103. - Appointment and removal of agent. Testimonial privilege. Appointment and removal of legal counsel. - (a) The board shall, on or before July 1, 1973,...

Section 31-104. - Rights of employees. - Employees shall have the right of self-organization, to form, join...

Section 31-105. - Unfair labor practices. - It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer:...

Section 31-106. - Election of representatives. - (a) Representatives designated or selected for the purposes of collective...

Section 31-107. - Complaints of unfair labor practices. Investigations, complaints, hearings and orders. - (a) The board is empowered and directed to prevent any...

Section 31-107a. - Application for transcript. Costs. - Any party who wishes to have a transcript of the...

Section 31-108. - Oaths. Subpoenas. Service of process. - For the purpose of hearings before the board, the board...

Section 31-109. - Enforcement of orders. Appeals. - (a) The board may petition the superior court for the...

Section 31-110. - Records and proceedings to be public. - Subject to regulations to be made by the board, the...

Section 31-111. - Penalty. - Any person who wilfully resists, prevents or interferes with any...

Section 31-111a. - Strike, work stoppage or lockout of hospital employees prohibited. - No employees of an employer licensed by the Department of...

Section 31-111b. - Determination of grievances and disputes between hospital employees and employer. - (a) As used in this section, “grievance” means any controversy...

Chapter 562 - Labor Disputes

Section 31-112. - Injunctions. Definitions. - When used in this chapter, except sections 31-120 and 31-121:...

Section 31-113. - Jurisdiction. - No court shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order...

Section 31-114. - Responsibility for unlawful acts. - No officer or member of any association or organization, and...

Section 31-115. - Hearings. Temporary order. - No court shall have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or...

Section 31-116. - Finding of facts required. - No restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction shall be...

Section 31-117. - Submission to arbitration. - No temporary injunction shall be made permanent unless the plaintiff...

Section 31-118. - Appeal. - When any court or a judge thereof issues or denies...

Section 31-119. - Contempt of court. - Any person charged with contempt of court shall have the...

Section 31-120. - Picketing of residences. - No person shall engage in picketing before or about the...

Section 31-121. - Solicitations for employees to state existence of strike or lockout. - No employer of labor shall, by himself or by his...

Section 31-121a. - Labor disputes in health care institutions. Appointment of fact-finder by Labor Commissioner. - In the event of a strike, work stoppage or lockout...

Chapter 563 - Fair Employment Practices (See Chapter 814c)

Section 31-123a. - Commission as secretariat to executive committee on human rights and opportunities. - Section 31-123a is repealed. (1967, P.A. 636, S. 9; P.A....

Section 31-126b to 31-126e. - Limitation on retirement benefit. Effect on collective bargaining agreements. Medical examinations permitted. Retirement notice by employee. - Sections 31-126b to 31-126e, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 78-350, S....

Chapter 563a - Personnel Files

Section 31-128a. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Employee” means any individual...

Section 31-128b. - Employee access to personnel file, documentation of disciplinary action and notice of termination. - (a) Each employer shall, not more than seven business days...

Section 31-128c. - Employee access to medical records. Employer's duties re maintaining medical records. - Each employer shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of...

Section 31-128d. - Employer's right to retain files on premises. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a requirement...

Section 31-128e. - Removal or correction of information. Employee's explanatory statement. - (a) If, upon inspection of his or her personnel file...

Section 31-128f. - Employee's consent required for disclosure. - No individually identifiable information contained in the personnel file or...

Section 31-128g. - Employee's right to obtain copies. - Each employer shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of...

Section 31-128h. - Frequency of inspection. - No employer shall be required to permit an inspection of...

Section 31-128i. - Employee's consent required for disclosure of participation in employee assistance program. - (a) No employee assistance professional, employee or state employee shall...

Section 31-128j. - Labor Commissioner's subpoena powers. - In connection with any investigation by the Labor Department regarding...

Chapter 564 - Private Employment and Information Agencies

Section 31-129. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (a) “Person” includes persons or...

Section 31-130. - Licenses; application, bond, fees, location, qualifications; temporary license, exemptions; registration. - (a) No person shall open, keep or carry on any...

Section 31-131. - Fees. Receipt for fee. Agreements with applicant. - (a) If an applicant does not obtain or accept a...

Section 31-131a. - Conduct of business. - (a) No licensed person shall impose any fee for registration...

Section 31-131b. - Records to be kept. - (a) Every licensed person shall keep a register for at...

Section 31-131c. - Enforcement, penalties. - (a) The commissioner may cancel or suspend the license of...

Section 31-132 and 31-133. - Penalties. Excepted agencies. - Sections 31-132 and 31-133 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3784,...

Section 31-134. - Information agencies; records inspection. - No person or corporation, nor any agent or attorney thereof,...

Section 31-134a. - Procurement of out-of-state domestic employees. - (a) No employment agency, directly or indirectly, shall accept applications...

Chapter 565 - Employment of Persons with Disabilities

Section 31-135. - Governor's committee. - Section 31-135 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 525, S. 1; P.A....

Section 31-136. - Promotion of employment. - The Labor Commissioner shall carry on a continuing program to...

Section 31-137. - Receipt of gifts and donations. - The Labor Commissioner is authorized to receive any gifts, grants...

Section 31-138. - National Disability Employment Awareness Month. - The Governor shall proclaim the month of October of each...

Chapter 566 - Workmen's Compensation Act (Repealed)

Section 31-139 to 31-221. - Workmen's Compensation Act. - Sections 31-139 to 31-221, inclusive, are repealed. (1961, P.A. 491,...

Chapter 566a - Professional Employer Organizations

Section 31-221a. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 31-221b to 31-221f,...

Section 31-221b. - Limitations of professional employer organization and coemployment relationship. - (a) Nothing in this section or sections 31-221c to 31-221f,...

Section 31-221c. - Registration as professional employer organization: Requirements. Application. Disclosures. Fees. - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this...

Section 31-221d. - Working capital or equivalent requirement. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section...

Section 31-221e. - Professional employer agreements: Requirements. Liabilities. - (a) Except as specifically provided in sections 31-221b to 31-221f,...

Section 31-221f. - Enforcement. Penalties. - (a) An applicant for registration or a registered professional employer...

Section 31-221g. - Additional protections. - Nothing in sections 31-221a to 31-221f, inclusive, shall operate to...

Section 31-221h. - Commissioner's duties re professional employer organizations. Regulations. - On or before July 1, 2009, the commissioner may adopt...

Chapter 567 - Unemployment Compensation

Section 31-222. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates...

Section 31-222a. - “District” defined. Continuation of commissioners in offices. - Section 31-222a is repealed. (April, 1964, P.A. 3, S. 3;...

Section 31-223. - Application of chapter to employers. - (a) Nonvoluntary liability. Every employer who was subject to this...

Section 31-223a. - Employers not subject to chapter. Notification to employees. - Any employer that is not subject to the provisions of...

Section 31-223b. - Transfer of unemployment experience upon transfer of assets, organization, trade or business of employer. Penalties. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Knowingly” means having...

Section 31-224. - Municipal and other public employees. - Section 31-224 is repealed. (1953, S. 3062d; 1969, P.A. 700,...

Section 31-225. - Contributions by employers. Failure of an Indian tribe or tribal unit to make required payments. Financing of benefits paid to employees of nonprofit organizations. Bond requirement for foreign construction contractors. - (a) Each contributing employer who is subject to this chapter...

Section 31-225a. - Definitions; employers' experience accounts; noncharging provisions; benefit ratio; rates of contribution; assessments to pay interest due on federal loans and to reimburse advance fund; fund balance tax rate; notice to employers;... - (a) As used in this chapter: (1) “Qualified employer” means...

Section 31-225b to 31-226. - Compensable separation charge, compensable period; rehire credits. Exception re date of filing application. Account not charged if claimant employed at that time; notice required. Employer's account not charged during emp... - Sections 31-225b to 31-226, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 31-226a. - Discharge, discipline, penalty or discrimination prohibited. Right of action. - (a) No employer shall discharge, discipline, penalize or in any...

Section 31-227. - Payment of benefits. Disqualifying services. Offsets and deductions: Pensions, child support obligations and state, federal and local income taxes. - (a) Benefits shall be payable only to individuals who are...

Section 31-228. - Benefit for total unemployment. - An eligible individual who is totally unemployed throughout a week,...

Section 31-229. - Benefit for partial unemployment. - An eligible individual who is partially unemployed throughout a week,...

Section 31-230. - Benefit year, base period and alternative base period. - (a) An individual's benefit year shall commence with the beginning...

Section 31-231. - Total unemployment benefit rate. - Section 31-231 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7504; 1953, 1955,...

Section 31-231a. - Total unemployment benefit rate. - (a)(1) For a construction worker identified pursuant to regulations adopted...

Section 31-231b. - Maximum limitation on total benefits. - Except as provided in sections 31-232b to 31-232k, inclusive, no...

Section 31-232. - Maximum limitation on total benefits. - Section 31-232 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7505; 1949, S....

Section 31-232a. - Additional benefits payable during periods of substantial unemployment. - Section 31-232a is repealed, effective June 6, 2016. (1959, P.A....

Section 31-232b. - Extended benefits: Definitions. - As used in this section, subsection (d) of section 31-222,...

Section 31-232c. - Applicability of chapter. - Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other...

Section 31-232d. - Eligibility conditions. - An individual shall be eligible to receive extended benefits with...

Section 31-232e. - Weekly extended benefit amount. - The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for...

Section 31-232f. - Total extended benefit amount. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...

Section 31-232g. - Public announcements and computations by administrator. - (a) Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective...

Section 31-232h. - Additional benefits payable, when. - No individual shall receive both extended benefits and additional benefits...

Section 31-232i. - Administrator's duties with respect to federal act. - In the administration of the provisions of subsection (d) of...

Section 31-232j. - Extended benefits payable from Unemployment Compensation Fund. - Benefits payable under sections 31-232b to 31-232h, inclusive, and section...

Section 31-232k. - Interstate claims for extended benefits. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 31-232l. - Ineligibility for extended benefits. Suitable work defined. Duties of State Employment Service. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 31-232c, for weeks of...

Section 31-233. - Temporary extended-duration benefits. - Obsolete. (March, 1958, P.A. 3, S. 1, 2.)

Section 31-234. - Dependency allowances. - Each individual who is eligible to receive benefits for unemployment...

Section 31-235. - Benefit eligibility conditions; qualifications; involuntary retirees. Reemployment services. Profiling system. - (a) An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits...

Section 31-235a. - Methods of payment by nonprofit organizations. - Section 31-235a is repealed. (1971, P.A. 835, S. 31; P.A....

Section 31-236. - Disqualifications. Exceptions. - (a) An individual shall be ineligible for benefits: (1) If...

Section 31-236a. - Eligibility of apprentice unemployed due to labor dispute. - Notwithstanding any provision contained in section 31-236, no apprentice duly...

Section 31-236b. - Eligibility for benefits not impaired by reason of participation in training with commissioner's approval. Approval of programs. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter, an otherwise...

Section 31-236c. - Ineligibility of certain board of education employees. - Section 31-236c is repealed. (1971, P.A. 835, S. 17; 77-426,...

Section 31-236d. - Eligibility of individual in training approved under the Trade Act of 1974. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an otherwise eligible...

Section 31-236e. - Basis for determination of eligibility. Regulations. - (a) For any claim filed on or after July 1,...

Section 31-236f. - Information re the availability of unemployment compensation benefits. Procedure. - The administrator, as defined in section 31-232b, in consultation with...

Section 31-237. - Employment Security Division. - (a) There shall continue to be in the Labor Department...

Section 31-237a. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates...

Section 31-237b. - Employment Security Appeals Division established. - There shall be an appeals division which shall constitute the...

Section 31-237c. - Employment Security Board of Review. Appointment of members, chairman, alternate members. - (a) The board shall consist of three members appointed by...

Section 31-237d. - Executive head of appeals division, delegation of his authority. Hearing of appeals to board. - (a) The chairperson of the board shall be the executive...

Section 31-237e. - Employment Security Appeals Division personnel, payment, appointment. - (a) The members of the board, the chief referee and...

Section 31-237f. - Disqualification of board member; challenge; replacements. - No member of the board shall participate in the hearing...

Section 31-237g. - Powers of Employment Security Board of Review, rules of procedure. - The board shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions...

Section 31-237h. - Access of appeals division to records of the Employment Security Division. - The appeals division shall be permitted access to all records...

Section 31-237i. - Referee section established. Appointment of referees; chief referee. - (a) The referee section shall consist of such referees as...

Section 31-237j. - Appeals to referee section; jurisdiction, venue; panel of referees. - (a) The referees shall promptly hear and decide appeals from...

Section 31-238. - Budget of Employment Security Appeals Division. Provision for expenses, offices, equipment and supplies. - The board shall annually prepare a budget request covering the...

Section 31-239. - Advisory council. - Section 31-239 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7511; P.A. 77-614,...

Section 31-240. - Claim procedure. Filing. - Claims for benefits shall be made in a manner prescribed...

Section 31-241. - Determination of claims and benefits. Notice, hearing and appeal. Regulations. - (a) The administrator, or a deputy or representative designated by...

Section 31-242. - Referee's hearing of claim on appeal from examiner: Decision, notices, remand; disqualification of referee, challenge. - Unless such appeal is withdrawn, a referee shall promptly hear...

Section 31-243. - Continuous jurisdiction. - Jurisdiction over benefits shall be continuous but the initiating of...

Section 31-244. - Procedure. - The manner in which disputed claims shall be presented and...

Section 31-244a. - Procedure on appeals; hearings; rules of evidence; record. - The conduct of hearings and appeals, including notice thereof, shall...

Section 31-245. - Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas. - In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter,...

Section 31-246. - Enforcement of subpoena. - In case of contumacy by any person, or his refusal...

Section 31-247. - Witness fees. Payment of expenses of proceedings. - Subject to the approval of the administrator or chairman of...

Section 31-248. - Decisions of employment security referee; final date, notice; reopening; judicial review. - (a) Any decision of a referee, in the absence of...

Section 31-248a. - Transfer of case from referee to Employment Security Board of Review. - At any time before the referee's decision has become final...

Section 31-249. - Appeal from employment security referee's decision to Employment Security Board of Review. - At any time before the referee's decision has become final...

Section 31-249a. - Decision of board, final date, grounds for reopening appeal, payment of benefits, exhaustion of remedies. - (a) Any decision of the board, in the absence of...

Section 31-249b. - Appeal. - At any time before the board's decision has become final,...

Section 31-249c. - Administrator a party to all appeal proceedings. Right of board to intervene as a party. - The administrator shall be deemed to be a party to...

Section 31-249d. - Disqualification of referees and board members as advocates. - No referee or member of the board shall appear for...

Section 31-249e. - Decisions of board and referees. Methods of issuance. Notice of appellate rights. - Every decision of a referee or the board shall be...

Section 31-249f. - Decisions of board as precedents, referees' decisions as authority. Index of cases decided. - (a) Final decisions of the board shall be binding in...

Section 31-249g. - Use of arbitration decisions by board or referees. Preclusive effect of unemployment compensation proceedings. - (a) In proceedings conducted pursuant to this chapter, the Employment...

Section 31-249h. - Regulations defining “good cause”. - On or before January 1, 1988, the Employment Security Board...

Section 31-250. - Administration. Duties and powers of administrator. - (a) In administering this chapter, the administrator may adopt such...

Section 31-250a. - Advisory board. Membership. Functions and duties. - (a) There is established an advisory board to advise the...

Section 31-251. - General regulations. - Section 31-251 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7523; 1949, S....

Section 31-252. - Public distribution of law, regulations and reports. - The administrator shall make available to the public, on its...

Section 31-253. - Delegation of authority. - The administrator may delegate to any person duly employed such...

Section 31-254. - Records and reports. State directory of new hires. Disclosure. - (a)(1) Each employer, whether or not otherwise subject to this...

Section 31-254a. - Wage and claim information to national directory of new hires. - (a) The Labor Department shall, on a quarterly basis, furnish...

Section 31-255. - Reciprocal agreements with other states. - (a) The administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with...

Section 31-256. - Application for advances to Unemployment Trust Fund. - The administrator is authorized to apply for such advances to...

Section 31-257. - Repayment of benefits on receipt of retroactive pay. - Whenever any person who has drawn benefits under this chapter...

Section 31-258. - Repayment of benefits on receipt of workers' compensation. - Any person who has drawn benefits under this chapter who...

Section 31-259. - Employment Security Administration Fund. - (a) Establishment. There is created in the State Treasury a...

Section 31-260. - Transfer of funds authorized by federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. - The Treasurer shall, on request filed in writing by the...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 31 - Labor

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Title 31 - Labor